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Looks like you have changed the navigation table on the left side. With these changes you destroyed the multi-language feature for the wikimedia-skin. I'd suggest either deactivating this function or to change back to the old setup. --Guenny 06:51, 28 Jun 2005 (EDT)

Interesting, I didn't know that. On the other hand do we need the multi-language skin feature? Everything here is assumed to be written in english and is designed for the english speakers. Anybody else have any comments on this? --Ruroshin 23:48, 28 Jun 2005 (EDT)

Broken characters

It sounds strange, I noticed that some CJK characters are broken in many pages. I tried to correct, e.g., the page of Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu but two days later I found that those characters are broken again (the history does show that I am the last modifier). Although this wiki is designed for english speakers, I think it should keep names of titles/artists correct in their mother languages. Any idea? --Panasonic 11:32, 8 Feb 2006 (EST)

Panasonic, you should read the last page of the DramaWiki discussion topic: Official DramaWiki Topic on D-Addicts --Gryzze 12:02, 8 Feb 2006 (EST)

To answer Panasonic's question... We've settled on the idea that the kana names should be kept only in their primary articles, and to leave them out of any other articles linking to the primary. Trying to provide both the romaji and kana in EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE adds bulk to the database, and overall it is just redundant information that can otherwise be found in their primary articles. Also given the fact that every Japanese speaking person can read romaji. AND, the Japanese has their own drama wiki database at ja.wikipedia.org. So in the case of the article you were referring to, I'd remove the kana from all the artist references within the article. Groink 13:31, 8 Feb 2006 (EST)

About your message...

Hello...

about the ratings...I got it from TNS...ive documented all the ratings they've posted...so sorry if i forgot to put my sources...

PS: The All time top 30 ratings was also posted in Soompi forums...my other source is also this: http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/006071.html

hope that answers your questions :)

cool thanks --Ruroshin 09:25, 22 Jun 2006 (EDT)

Dramafever.com

Is the addition of external links by this user Dfever really allowed on Dramawiki? That guy keeps promoting his website while in fact the streaming is only for US and Canada area. I thought dramawiki is to provide info for dramas not to promote some online streaming websites?--Natokajun 23:55, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

contributing to d-addicts

I know I am relatively new on this wiki, but I would like to help it in any way possible. I am not a real active user of editing wikis, but rather administrative tasks/back-end type stuff. Is there any good place for me to get started on this? Thanks. Waf (talk) Hello! Goodbye! 02:02, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi~ right now I want to upload image on an artist page Su Ho but I have a problem with it, I read the Help page but don't understand much so please help me :( --The preceding unsigned comment was added by Junmyeons (talk) on 10:22, 20 January 2014 UTC

Since Ruroshin rarely visits this wiki I will answer... The image has already been added. You couldn't upload because you didn't have the permissions to upload, yet. I have updateted the help page. It should be clear now. --MoerkJ ^talk 01:13, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Page moves citing DMCA Notice

I noticed that you moved a whole bunch of pages to new, rather irregular page titles, citing DMCA Notice, which I assume has to do with some copyright issue with the original page addresses. Unfortunately, this has resulted in hundreds of broken links between the show and artists pages. Should we start updating these broken links or did you have something else in mind?--FritzB (talk) 23:01, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Ruroshin was requesting for help to update the broken links caused by this, so yes. --Zemus (talk) 16:31, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Need Help Fixing Internal Links

Hi,

Yesterday and today I moved around 60 pages due to DMCA notices. Even though the said pages were not in violation. I had to move them because they were linked to infringing sources.

FritzB, yes, we do need help to fix all the internal links that have been broken due to the page moves.

I will add cleanup tags to the pages maybe later today or tomorrow. In the meantime, if you can find them and fix them, great!

Thank you.

Okay. I've fixed all of the associated links for Athena: Goddess of War (2010-2011). I'll do more as time permits.

To be perfectly honest, I'm not too thrilled with some of these new page titles like My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox (Nae Yeojachinguneun Gumiho)‎. They are rather ungainly and inconsistent with the Manual of Style. Would it be okay if I changed some of them again to something more in keeping with the rest of the database (as long as it is different from the original page title)? For instance, the previous example could become My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox (2010) or My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox (SBS). For many of the individual Artist pages, just adding the year of their birth in parentheses, such as Lee Dong Gun (Lee Dong Geon) -> Lee Dong Gun (1980) would be much better imho. We already use that general format is used a lot to readily distinguish different artists with the same name. --FritzB (talk) 16:24, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

I have to agree with FritzB. Toda Erika (Actress, Model). In this example, do we really have to list every profession up in the page title? I think we should maintain a much simpler naming format and at the very least drop ", Model". --Zemus (talk) 17:39, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

I'd be in favor of something more like Toda Erika (1988).--FritzB (talk) 17:45, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

I'm OK with changing the title to keep the consistency. I did the title changes in a hurry to avoid any further notices. I think adding the year or channel name would be fine. --Ruroshin (talk) 21:18, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Great! I'll get to work. I just changed The Heirs (Wangkwaneul Sseuryeoneunja) to just Heirs, which is the title actually used on sites like Dramafever.--FritzB (talk) 22:02, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

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Suggestions to Expand Page Content and Wiki

I would like to know your thoughts on:

• Adding a "Review" section at the bottom of the page, before "External Links." Review needs to be detailed with at least 500 words. Multiple users can leave reviews under the same section by creating a new sub-section. Sub-section could look something like:

       === Review by User:Ruroshin ===

• Expand the "Main Cast" section. If possible, add description about the roles.

• Allow comments by registered users using CommentStreams.

Also, please share any suggestion(s) that you have in mind.

Thank you, --Ruroshin (talk) 23:55, 17 September 2018 (PDT)

Have page content standards been changed?

I'm not sure if you have noticed, but several relatively new users have been adding large amounts of mostly non-drama related "fan" content to various pages (several recent examples: Onew, Gackt). By the existing Manual of Style, much of this info would qualify under DramaWiki:DramaWiki_is_not. These include things like extensive biographies, lists of Variety Show and Radio appearances, concert tours dates, and tons of fan trivia.

I have already deleted some of the more blatant fancruft, only to have it put back. I am not an admin here, so rather than enter into some frustrating edit war with other users, I would like to confirm whether this sort of material now permitted on DramaWiki?--FritzB (talk) 15:22, 3 October 2018 (PDT)

I have talked to Nova984 and told him about not adding any fancruft content in Trivia sections, or anywhere else. I don't mind detailed biographies as long as it is factual information. I think we've been too restrictive in the past.

We have to have more information on Artists and Shows pages because organic and direct traffic to DW has fallen significantly over the past few years. If we continue to add minimal info, I'm afraid that we're going fall further back in Google search. --Ruroshin (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2018 (PDT)

Okay. I'm personally not too keen on these full-page 12,000 character bios that are so-often non-drama related, but I won't delete them. Personally, I would prefer more concise descriptions with a few highlights, rather than chapter and verse of an artist's entire career that has to be scrolled through just to reach their drama credits. Currently most artists in my normal bailiwick of Korean dramas have no bios at all. Another option would be to have a brief "About" overview section and to off-load the full bio to a subpage with a link as more about... That wouldn't be hard to do.

I don't really have a problem with stuff like lists of Variety Shows appearances and Theater roles, etc. as these are factual and not much different than the existing listings for Movie credits. But, I still can't abide the fancruft trivia and will continue to delete it when I come across it. Why do we need to know that Onew would love to learn to play the marimba? Seriously! --FritzB (talk) 08:12, 4 October 2018 (PDT)

I understand your concern. As I said before, we need to have a bit more content. I think one to two paragraphs should be enough for "About" sections, anything over that can be moved to a new page.

You can delete the fancruft stuff. I don't care if Onew doesn't know how to play marimba yet. ;)

Was it necessary to move Hwayugi to A Korean Odyssey?

Hi, I'm just wondering why it was necessary to move Hwayugi to A Korean Odyssey?

While it is true that "A Korean Odyssey" is tvN's official English title for the drama, all of the Hallyu press was calling it "Hwayugi" in the lead-up to its premiere and the original exclusive (legal) English-language streaming site for it, Viki, did as well - and still does (ref: https://www.viki.com/tv/35620c-hwayugi?q=hwa). When tvN announced the new title, it was the consensus of the DW editors at the time to leave it as "Hwayugi" and have "A Korean Odyssey" as a redirect.

Changing the title now leaves a really big mess to clean-up. There are currently well over 40 links to Hwayugi, which now need to be updated!--FritzB (talk) 10:10, 15 October 2018 (PDT)

I'm not certain if it's known by "Hwayugi" anymore. All the English sources I have checked like Wikipedia, AsianWiki, IMDB, MyDramaList, and Netflix mention it by "A Korean Odyssey," except Viki. Also, I didn't find any search statistics on "Hwayugi," meaning people are not using this name to search for the drama. --Ruroshin (talk) 17:56, 16 October 2018 (PDT)

Popular Korean Dramas list

I noticed you added a link to Popular Korean Dramas on the main page and I was wondering what you had in mind for this feature. As the guy who adds most the daily ratings here for all the KDramas, I had a few thoughts about it.

First off, I would remove the TNmS ratings and the Nielsen ratings for Seoul. TNmS stopped publicly publishing their daily ratings in June, so the availability of their ratings has been pretty spotty ever since. Also, I don't believe including the Seoul ratings will add much; once you add the show titles and a couple cast names, there probably won't be space for them anyway.

If we stick strictly by the ratings, the weekend "family dramas" and daily "soaps" will undoubtedly dominate these lists and I don't think that's what you're really looking for. Most of us non-Koreans don't watch the daily "soaps" at all.

So, leaving out the daily "soaps", here is a sample list for August as I might format it:

Rank	Title	Cast	Network	Nielsen Korea (%)
1	Shall We Live Together	Yoo Dong Geun, Jang Mi Hee	KBS2	34.4
2	Mr. Sunshine	Lee Byung Hun, Kim Tae Ri	tvN	15.6
3	Let Me Introduce Her	Nam Sang Mi, Kim Jae Won	SBS	11.9
4	Rich Family's Son	Kim Ji Hoon, Kim Joo Hyun	MBC	10.8
4	Thirty But Seventeen	Shin Hye Sun, Yang Se Jong	SBS	10.8
6	Parting Left	Chae Si Ra, Lee Sung Jae	MBC	9.8
7	Your Honor	Yoon Shi Yoon, Lee Yoo Young	SBS	8.6
8	Familiar Wife	Ji Sung, Han Ji Min	tvN	8.2
9	Hide and Seek	Lee Yoo Ri, Song Chang Ui	MBC	8.1
10	Are You Human Too?	Seo Kang Joon, Gong Seung Yun	KBS2	7.8

I based the ranking (and ratings) on the highest rating the show received during August. Creating an average rating for the period would really be a lot of work.

This is probably still not ideal, because the weekenders still dominate (with half the list) and it's really not very fair to the cable shows, most of which will never make the cut (they seldom score as high as the big-3 network shows anyway). We could leave off the weekenders and stick to the primetime (10PM/11PM) dramas that most of us typically watch. That might be more of what you're looking for.

Let me know what you think.--FritzB (talk) 17:06, 20 October 2018 (PDT)

Let's stick with the prime-time shows which most people watch outside of Korea. I was trying to figure out the ratings but as you said, most of the top ratings is filled with daily soaps and weekend dramas. Please update it as you wish, all I wanted to do was create a way for the readers to look for the most popular dramas. Thank you! --Ruroshin (talk) 19:37, 21 October 2018 (PDT)

I suspected that's what you would want. I'll work on it.--FritzB (talk) 04:46, 22 October 2018 (PDT)

Copied content

Hi I have removed all the content copied from English wikipedia. Are copied synopsis from other websites allowed? E.g: blogs that write about Chinese dramas? and dramalist.com

Copied content is not allowed from any website. Things like Synopsis or Main Cast roles description should be written in your own words. You can list the sources where you're getting your info but no copying. Please check DramaWiki Style Guide: Writing a Synopsis.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. --Ruroshin (talk) 10:50, 21 February 2019 (PST)

Lost skin

This morning I clicked on my Preferences tab to update my displayed time to reflect Daylight Saving Time. When I saved this one small change, my DramaWiki skin suddenly was changed to something called Pivot. I absolutely hate it and can find no way to change it back (or to anything else for that matter). How can I get my old Vector skin back? --FritzB (talk) 06:35, 15 March 2019 (PDT)

Added the Vector Skin back in Preferences. --Ruroshin (talk) 10:19, 15 March 2019 (PDT)

Thank you!!! --FritzB (talk) 11:06, 15 March 2019 (PDT)

Much appreciated. --Keiko1981 (talk) 02:52, 16 March 2019 (PDT)

Thank you very much. I also prefer the old look over Pivot. --Zemus (talk) 02:55, 16 March 2019 (PDT)

I'm not sure if you've been working on stuff behind the scenes, but something has gotten messed up with the Skins again; the drop-down menu has disappeared from the Preferences tab and I'm stuck with the default skin again. --FritzB (talk) 04:13, 2 May 2019 (PDT)

Fixed it. --Ruroshin (talk) 06:45, 2 May 2019 (PDT)

Thank you!!! --FritzB (talk) 06:48, 2 May 2019 (PDT)

Thank you very much for bringing back the option to use the Vector skin. Keiko1981 (talk) 07:39, 2 May 2019 (PDT)

Spammers

I expect that you haven't noticed them yet, but we had a couple of spammers register yesterday: User:Fitoutconcepts & User:Linkpakdigital --FritzB (talk) 05:30, 27 March 2019 (PDT)

Trailers

I'd like to suggest moving trailers down a bit. Either right below the cast, or just above External Links.

I don't feel that much like adding trailers myself, since I don't know for how long they'll be available online, or whether they could be region locked. Keiko1981 (talk) 06:24, 5 May 2019 (PDT)

Those are valid points. Yesterday, I added a whole bunch of trailers for many of the Korean dramas currently available on Viki. I noticed that in a few instances, the videos interfered with the overall layout of the show pages - they are too close to the show poster (example: Revenge Note). Moving the trailers further down the page would likely help that situation.--FritzB (talk) 06:40, 5 May 2019 (PDT)

It makes sense to have them right after the Synopsis. It's like telling a story and then you get to watch it. Users will scroll down if they're interested in the drama and would like to know more about the Cast.

I don't know if the trailers are region locked. They're trailers not full episodes, so I'm sure how many of them will be region locked.

FritzB, I don't see much issue with the layout. There's plenty of room for both the trailer and the poster. The trailer is left aligned while the poster(s) are right. Again, I don't think it's good idea to move the Trailers section down. I feel like after the Details and Synopsis, Trailer is the third most important thing that User would like to see. Make sense? --Ruroshin (talk) 08:03, 5 May 2019 (PDT)

Okay, it looks like the layout issue may not be a problem for most users. I've checked the layout with two of my desktops, laptop, and tablet and it's only a problem on one older desktop with a rather low screen resolution (1024x768) - the video display is just too wide to be side-by-side with the poster, leaving a big blank gap under the Trailer header. On the others platforms, it look okay as it is, so it's probably not a big deal. Most people run higher res than that these days.

Viki is an international streaming platform, so I'm not sure that there will be too many region lock issues with their trailers. That might not be the case for others trailers. Of course, if Viki ever drops a license for a particular show, the trailer will likely be removed from YouTube. We'll have to watch for that.--FritzB (talk) 10:01, 5 May 2019 (PDT)

Any chance to embed trailer from site other than viki rakuten? Most videos from Viki only available in certain countries despite being an international streaming platform. Some visitors may get this message upon clicking on the video "Video unavailable. The uploader has not made this video available in your country." --Natokajun (talk) 06:25, 23 April 2020 (PDT)

Yeah, that certainly would be an issue. The real trouble is finding English-subtitled trailers that won't get yanked by YouTube for copyright violations. The official network trailers aren't subtitled and the subtitled ones re-posted by others have a knack for disappearing, unless they have license (like Viki). I have also used a bunch from a YouTube channel The Swoon, which have seemed to stay put. But they only seem to have the shows Netflix is carrying. --FritzB (talk) 07:02, 23 April 2020 (PDT)

User/Viewer Ratings for shows with multiple seasons

Hi,

I've been adding the new User/Viewer Ratings code to many Korean drama pages. For shows with multiple seasons, I added the code for each season. However, it doesn't seem to rate the seasons separately, it simply changes my original rating. In retrospect, this makes perfect sense - how would the code differentiate them? Heck, even Netflix show ratings have the same issue. Is there a fix for this, or should I just have one rating code on the show page and leave it at that?--FritzB (talk) 06:19, 1 June 2019 (PDT)

Yeah, unfortunately you cannot add multiple ratings on a page. It's coded on a page basis and not individual tag. We will keep it that way for now. I will try to contact the developer and see if we can work out a fix. --Ruroshin (talk) 08:58, 1 June 2019 (PDT)

I figured as much. There aren't many shows with multiple seasons, so it's not a big deal to just remove the extra ratings codes I added.--FritzB (talk) 09:07, 1 June 2019 (PDT)

Renaming pages

Will you PLEASE STOP renaming pages without obvious reason, especially on Drama pages? I'm getting tired of editing the actors/actress TV Shows by changing their drama into a new name. If I was the Admin too, i could block you. --CuteDolphin712

I hate to break it to you, but Ruroshin is an Admin and there is a very valid reason the pages were moved - it was in response to DMCA Notices (see above: Page moves citing DMCA Notice). --FritzB (talk) 07:07, 20 August 2019 (PDT)

But the reason is not obvious, in my opinion. Can you actually explain it yourself? CuteDolphin712 (talk) 07:30, 20 August 2019 (PDT)

No, it is not obvious. It is not something that a normal user would see.

A DMCA Notice is a legal notice received by the owner of a website, notifying them of a copyright violation. While DramaWiki wasn't violating any copyrights, other sites that were in violation had linked to specific pages on DramaWiki. Ruroshin, as owner of this site, moved the linked pages (without leaving redirects), so as to intentionally break the links to those other sites. As you noticed, this left a bit of a mess with broken links all over the site that needed to be fixed. Most have already been fixed, but there are still some out there that need fixing. Any help in that effort is much appreciated! Thanks! --FritzB (talk) 07:47, 20 August 2019 (PDT)

Display issue with Pivot skin

One of our regular users pointed out she was having an issue viewing a page (Hospital Playlist); the Episode Ratings section does not appear for her. While the page looked okay to me, I tried viewing the page with different browser and discovered that the problem appears to be related to the 'Pivot' skin. The page appears fine using the 'Metrolook' or 'Vector' skins, but the layout is all messed up with 'Pivot'. I don't know what can be done about this, but thought you would want to know. --FritzB (talk) 11:00, 30 March 2020 (PDT)

It looks like I was able to fix the display issue by adding a {{clear}} command. It looks okay now. --FritzB (talk) 16:35, 30 March 2020 (PDT)

I can't find any issue with the page, even with Pivot skin. Maybe he/she was seeing a cached page? --Ruroshin (talk) 22:06, 30 March 2020 (PDT)

Error message when trying to move pages

Several of our regular users have mentioned getting error messages when trying to move pages. As an Admin, I'm not having the problem, but I have no idea how to fix it for them. --FritzB (talk) 09:54, 17 May 2020 (PDT)

I'm working on it. Please ask the members to try again and report back with the error message. --Ruroshin (talk) 10:36, 17 May 2020 (PDT)

The problem seems to be fixed. Thanks! --FritzB (talk) 13:40, 18 May 2020 (PDT)

Error 403 message on User pages

We seem to be getting an Error 403 - Forbidden message on all user pages at the moment. It's affecting regular Users and Admins alike. --FritzB (talk) 04:59, 2 October 2020 (PDT)

Also for index.php?title=Ma_Ge&action=submit, which would be an approximate match for Mage, which is the Magento base class. So it definitely smells like mod_security. --Vylmen (talk) 16:29, 2 October 2020 (PDT)

Any interim solution while waiting for mod? I cant do editing much now that all my sources are gone --Natokajun (talk) 01:56, 3 October 2020 (PDT)

I don't know if it helps, but you could try this. Lately, I've been working on Chinese features though, so not sure if Korean is still working correctly. --Vylmen (talk) 13:56, 3 October 2020 (PDT)

Cool! I'll use it later if i want to create new actor's page. Thanks! --Natokajun (talk) 23:08, 3 October 2020 (PDT)

HTML comments are also a problem, no matter the URL, if you want to save them that is. They load just fine (from a previous save) and some are accepted, but can't find a pattern what is a "good" or "bad" comment. --Vylmen (talk) 13:56, 3 October 2020 (PDT)

Recently, I turned on the firewall to prevent spam, but it seems like it's causing problems to regular users as well. It's turned off now. Please let me know if you're still having the issue. --Ruroshin (talk) 16:13, 4 October 2020 (PDT)

The issue with the user pages seems to be fixed, but I'm still getting Error 403 when I try to add or modify certain templates on show pages. Example: I have tried repeatedly to change the {{upcoming}} template to {{airing}} on My Dangerous Wife (MBN) and keep getting the error message. --FritzB (talk) 05:08, 5 October 2020 (PDT)

Natokajun changed the tag on My Dangerous Wife (MBN). I also tried it on another show and it worked fine. Are you still having the issue? --Ruroshin (talk) 10:28, 5 October 2020 (PDT)

It looks like Natokajun was able to change the tag by first removing the coding for the embedded video. I just tried to change the tag back to {{upcoming}} and got the error again. --FritzB (talk) 10:50, 5 October 2020 (PDT)

Please try again. It should be working now. --Ruroshin (talk) 10:54, 5 October 2020 (PDT)

Now it's working. Thanks! --FritzB (talk) 10:55, 5 October 2020 (PDT)

I found another page I can't edit: List of Dramas aired in Korea by KBS2. It won't even allow a Preview without any changes at all. --FritzB (talk) 08:24, 6 October 2020 (PDT)

Temporary fix applied. --Vylmen (talk) 08:40, 6 October 2020 (PDT)

It's fixed now. --Ruroshin (talk) 09:45, 6 October 2020 (PDT)

Another temporary fix applied. The cause is if followed by brackets. See, this diff. --Vylmen (talk) 08:31, 8 October 2020 (PDT)

Fixed the bracket issue. Please let me know if you find anything else. Thanks! --Ruroshin (talk) 10:32, 8 October 2020 (PDT)

Another case (pun intended) - the word case followed by round brackets. See line 42 of this this diff. You may want to test switch for the same bug, while fixing this :)

Fixed it. Thanks!--Ruroshin (talk) 10:36, 15 October 2020 (PDT)

Frequent "Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data."

Hi! So, I'm seeing the above message quite frequently (about 1 in 4 save attempts) and it's not on the client side. I've thoroughly debugged the cookies and timezone effects and the problem isn't there, plus User:FritzB is also experiencing the issue. So in my experience that's one of 3 things:

1. Disk of session storage is full and sessions are purged to compensate that should still be valid
2. 2 or more servers behind a load balancer each with their own session store, instead of a shared one
3. Firewall deleting HTTP headers it deems unsanitary

Since it's not 100% reproducible, it's a bit annoying to trigger as you need several attempts, but it shouldn't be too hard. Could you look into it? --Vylmen (talk) 07:32, 22 October 2020 (PDT)

The issue arose after I disabled Varnish Cache but did not change the Wiki settings. Now, I've removed the Varnish settings and it should be working fine. Let me know if it's happening. --Ruroshin (talk) 10:24, 22 October 2020 (PDT)

It's still happening. Again, deleted cookies to test. --Vylmen (talk) 12:46, 22 October 2020 (PDT)

Yes, I'm still seeing it too. --FritzB (talk) 06:15, 23 October 2020 (PDT)

Changed the session cache type. I tested with five edits with no issue. Please check and let me know. Thanks! --Ruroshin (talk) 10:45, 23 October 2020 (PDT)

So far so good. And shortly before, I was doing 2-3 uploads for one picture, so I think you nailed it. Thanks! --Vylmen (talk) 11:04, 23 October 2020 (PDT)

Triggered abuse filter

I think I triggered the spam/abuse filter yesterday and once just now, by editing Sun Xing. My edit didn't get processed and I got redirected to the homepage. Then I tried twice more and IP got blocked. This morning I tried again and got the redirect again, so I'm not trying again :). I'm not sure what triggers it. --Vylmen (talk) 20:49, 27 December 2020 (PST)

Please try again and let me know if it's fixed or not. Thanks! --Ruroshin (talk) 11:24, 28 December 2020 (PST)

Yep, fiex. Thanks a bunch! --Vylmen (talk) 11:29, 28 December 2020 (PST)

Broken stubs formatting

Hi, it appears that a recent update broke the formatting of the stub tag somehow. It used to be centered text with a grayish bg color. Now it's just plain text and no padding. Can it be reverted to what it was please? For reference, this is how it appeared in the past.

Many thanks. --Zemus (talk) 02:17, 9 April 2021 (PDT)

It's not just stub templates; many other templates are not working correctly either. The formatting for the rating tables is all messed up too. --FritzB (talk) 11:12, 9 April 2021 (PDT)

I didn't notice those at first. Seemed to me that only certain tables were effected, such as the ones created with class="ratingtable", like you mentioned. However, I can confirm that everything is back to normal today. Thank you for fixing, Ruroshin! --Zemus (talk) 23:27, 9 April 2021 (PDT)

Moving pages and adding redirects to Main Page

Hi. I couldn't help but notice that you recently moved a number of pages and created a whole bunch of new redirects to the Main Page. Several of these new redirects appeared to be for Show pages for upcoming dramas or Artist pages that had yet to be created.

I'm afraid this will make identifying pages that still need to be created much harder and will undoubtedly be pretty confusing for people who might happen to search for those page titles. I'm sure there is a perfectly good reason for these changes; I'm just curious to know what it is, so I don't inadvertently interfere with what you're trying to do here. --FritzB (talk) 05:50, 13 October 2021 (PDT)

1. Pages with DMCA were moved.

2. Empty pages are not helpful in any way. It has been a long time since we kept those empty pages.

I had to change the title to change the page slug. There's no other option to do it without making any changes to the title. I also added redirects so there's no need to update linked pages. --Ruroshin

I figured the page moves were DMCA-related. I confess I'm no expert in these things, but wouldn't any change to the slug at all be sufficient to "break" the link from the offending site (ie. just adding an extra space, changing an uppercase letter to a lowercase one, etc.)? As it is, I may tweak a few of those titles so they are more in line with the Style Guide.

Page links to nonexistent pages certainly don't help SE placement, so I get why you want the pages created. However, instead of making a redirect to the Main Page, which I frankly think is really confusing for most users, how about we just tag them as {{stub}} pages. That way they can be easily found and clearly identified as pages that still need a lot of work. --FritzB (talk) 10:30, 13 October 2021 (PDT)

Some of the pages I redirected were old pages that we deleted. The other pages which you want to create in the future, you can change as you see fit. --Ruroshin

Images DMCA Notices

We have some DMCA notices due to the use of some copyright Images. Would it be OK to ditch such images? Or should we use screenshots from trailers from Youtube? --Ruroshin

I can certainly understand the occasional issue over a copyrighted artist profile image, but how on Earth can they justify sending DMCA notices over using drama official promotional poster images? That's preposterous! Their sole purpose is promotional - about as clear-cut "fair use" as you can come. The networks publicly disseminate those images themselves and every entertainment news and drama site on the web uses them: AsianWiki, MyDramaList, HanCinema, Soompi, Wikipedia, etc...

It seems to me that some clueless newbie is working in legal. Rather than replace literally thousands of perfectly fine drama poster images and wreck the whole look of DW with schlock-looking screenshots, we should just lay low 'til they come to their senses. Remove the supposedly "offending" images for the moment and then perhaps return them sometime later under not-so-easily searchable filenames (ie. 1tWpic1.jpg rather than One_the_Women.jpg). Just my 2¢ --FritzB (talk) 09:23, 18 October 2021 (PDT)

I am not asking to remove any of the previous images. Sorry, I should have been more clear. Also, I checked the infringement is not against us but koreandrama.org. I am not sure why Google is removing our pages. Never mind, it is not that big of a deal. There are just 13 such pages so not that big of a deal.--Ruroshin (talk) 09:47, 19 October 2021 (PDT)

Removing trailer videos

I noticed that you removed a bunch of embedded trailer videos on show pages recently. While the links on some videos may have been broken, I know for a fact that others were still working. So, I'm curious about the reason for their removal. Is this another annoying copyright issue we need to worry about going forward? --FritzB (talk) 07:07, 11 July 2022 (PDT)

Recent Flood of Spammers

In the past couple of days there has been a virtual flood of spam accounts and pages created on the site. I have blocked over 80 accounts and deleted the related pages. Most appear to be links to gambling or porn sites. One would think that after a few attempts, they would get the message and quit, but alas, they seem quite persistent. Is there anything more effective that can be done? -- FritzB ( talk) 05: 07, 17 August 2024 (PDT)

It should be good now. I have updated the spam protection. --Ruroshin (talk) 11:06, 17 August 2024 (PDT)

Copied Synopses and Kodoku no Gurume

Should copied synopses be removed and replaced with the "Do Not Copy Disclaimer", or kept as-is?

Is it okay for me to create a new page and naming it "Kodoku no Gourmet", replacing it with the current "Kodoku no Gurume". Gurume being an English loan word of Gourmet. English WIkipedia use Kodoku no Gourmet. Of course all Wiki links will be fixed, and a redirect added to the old page when it's done. Or do you rather see it kept as is?

I've started adding more detailed episode information to Japanese dramas, so far to the 2024 dramas. Broadcast / streaming date, and viewership ratings, if available. See 9 Border as an example. -- Keiko1981 9 November 2024